2022
Statistics Colloquium: Zongming Ma
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
ZONGMING MA, Department of Statistics and Data Science, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
“Matching and integration of datasets with low-rank signals and applications in single-cell data analysis”
CAM Colloquium: Fruzsina Agocs
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
FRUZSINA AGOCS, Center for Computational Mathematics within the Flatiron Institute
“An Adaptive Spectral Method for Highly Oscillatory ODEs with Frequency-independent Cost”
Student Seminar: Jiani Song
2:00–2:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation via ZOOM
JIANI SONG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Difference Approaches for VaR Estimation: Relative Performance in Three Emerging Asian Markets”
Student Seminar: Michelle Li
11:00–11:30 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
MICHELLE LI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Trajectory Exploration and Inference for scRNA-seq Data on Whole versus Endpoints Only Trajectories”
Statistics Colloquium: Philippe Rigollet
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
PHILIPPE RIGOLLET, Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“The sample complexity of learning transport maps”
Student Seminar: Xiaoyu Lei
4:30–5:00 pm Jones 226
Master’s Thesis Presentation
XIAOYU LEI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“How to Get a Discrete Uniform Distribution From a Biased Coin?”
DSI Events: James Zou
12:00–1:30 pm JCL 390
JAMES ZOU, Stanford University
“Clinical Trials for AI and AI for Clinical Trials”
(Part of the Autumn 2022 Distinguished Speaker Series)
CAM Colloquium: Yuehaw Khoo
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
YUEHAW KHOO, Department of Statistics, the University of Chicago
“Scientific Computing for Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Systems”
Statistics Colloquium: Daniela Witten
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
DANIELA WITTEN, Departments of Biostatistics and Statistics, University of Washington
“Double dipping: problems and solutions, with application to single-cell RNA-sequencing data”
DSI 2022 Distinguished Speaker Series: Bo Li
12:00–1:30 pm JCL 390
BO LI, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
“Robustness, Fairness, Privacy, and Their Interconnections”